Cops catch on-the-run Pappu as he tries to shed 200-kg flab

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested former MP Pappu Yadav-who had been evading arrest since his bail plea was dismissed by the Supreme Court on May 3-from a prominent hospital in Gurgaon on Sunday.

Yadav, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case and granted bail by the Patna High Court on February 18, had come to the hospital to undergo treatment for obesity.

He weighs 200 kg.

CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal said the arrest was made in coordination with the Gurgaon Police. Yadav, however, said he had informed the police of his whereabouts.

"I had written to senior police officers. I am surrendering.

I was here as many of my operations were due," the 43- year- old said.

He was taken to the court of additional chief judicial magistrate, Gurgaon, which remanded him in custody till he is produced before the court in Patna.

A source said Yadav got admitted to the hospital under his real name, Rajesh Ranjan. This did not invite the suspicion of the hospital authorities.

A hospital spokesperson confirmed that Yadav was admitted there on August 14 and an operation had been scheduled for Monday morning.

The CBI has been on the lookout for the former MP since August 6 after the Supreme Court pulled up the investigating agency for not arresting him. A trial court in Patna had sentenced him to life in 2008 for his involvement in the conspiracy and murder of CPM leader Ajit Sarkar 12 years ago.

But the Patna High Court granted him bail on February 18 this year.

The CBI then filed a special leave petition against the high court order before the Supreme Court. The SC, on May 3, cancelled Yadav's bail and directed the CBI to take him into custody.

Based on the SC's order, a Patna court issued an arrest warrant against Yadav.

Again on August 5, the SC dismissed a review petition Yadav had filed before it and directed the CBI and the Bihar director general of police to execute its May 3 order.

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